Subject: Southern Spain
Period: 1606 (dated)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.8 x 13.9 inches
50.3 x 35.3 cm
Handsome map of the region surrounding Seville including, Cadiz, Gibraltar, and Spain's popular Costa del Sol. In 1606 Jodocus Hondius acquired the copperplates of Mercator's Atlas, to which he added thirty-seven of his own compositions, and republished this enormously influential atlas. This map strongly reflects Mercator's style with the moiré style engraving to denote the oceans and the large cartouches of interlocking strap design. French text on verso, published in 1619.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #6110:1A.1.
Condition: B
A fine impression with full contemporary color on watermarked paper with moderate offsetting and light toning.
